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MERRILL. 
Fruit red, depressed-globose, somewhat compressed, about 1 cm wide, 
nearly as long, glabrous, smooth, somewhat longitudinally depressed be- 
tween the seeds, crowned by the short calyx-rim. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9010 (type), 9034 
Whitford cG Hutchinson, November 29 and December 2, 1907 ; Sax River, Williams 
2192, February 4, 1905: Province of Misamis, Malabug River, trail to Mount 
Malindang, For. Bur. J/778 M earns & Hutchinson: Lake*Lanao, Camp Keithley, 
Mrs. Clemens s. n., May and November, 1906. 
Ixora palawanensis sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus 2 ad 3 m altus, glaber; foliis subcoriaceis, nitidis, acu- 
minatis, lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 14; cymis terminalibus, dense multifloris; floribus 3.3 
ad 3. '8 cm longis, bibracteolatis, bracteolis parvis; calycis segmenti's 
ovatis, acutis, quam tubus brevioribus. 
An erect shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete 
or somewhat compressed, smooth, somewhat shining, reddish-brown. 
Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 7 to 15 cm 
long, 1.5 to 4.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, somewhat pale when dry, 
shining on both surfaces, the base acute or .acuminate, apex sharply 
acuminate; prim ary nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, not 
prominent, anastomosing, scarcely more distinct than are the alternating 
secondary ones, the reticulations obscure, lax; petioles 0.3 to 0.8 cm 
long; stipules 5 mm long or less, base broad, apex abruptly contracted, 
prominently acuminate. Cymes terminal, dense, 4 to 8 cm wide, the 
peduncles 1 cm long or less, the lower branches up to 5 cm in length, 
trichotomously branched, the lower bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 
cm long, the bracts of the secondary branches much smaller, ovate-oblong, 
acuminate, 2.2 mm long; bracteoles 2 at the base of each flower, similar 
to the upper bracts but only 1.5 mm long. Flowers salmon- to orange- 
colored, numerous, mostly in triads at the ends of the ultimate branch- 
lets, the middle one of each triad sessile, the two lateral ones with 
pedicels 3 to 8 mm in length. Calyx 3 to 3.3 mm long, the lobes 4, 
ovate, acute, 1.5 mm in length. Corolla-tube 3 to 3.5 cm long, less 
than 1.5 mm in diameter, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, reticu- 
late, rather thin, about 11 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Anthers 3 mm long. 
Style slightly exserted; stigma cleft. Fruits ovoid, about 1 cm long,- 
dark-reddish-brown when dry, obtuse or slightly beaked. 
Palawan, in forests about 11 miles northwest of Iwahig, Bur. Sci. 793 Fox- 
ioorthy, April 22, 1906, in forested ravines. 
A species manifestly allied to Ixora congesta Roxb., but with relatively 
narrower, smaller leaves which are sharply acuminate, the veins not prominent, etc. 
Ixora philippinensis sp. nov. 
Arbuscula vel arbor parva, 2 ad 7 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; 
foliis subcoriaceis, subsessilibus, oblongo-ovatis, elliptico-ovatis, vel ovatis, 
